The pattern No 15 in his group of salmon flies is as follows (page 177 in his book): The body of the fly was made of yellow silk, red cocks hackle, toucan tail ribbed with gold [it is assumed he meant the ribbing to be on the body], jay at the shoulder, a neat gaudily mixed wing, feelers of blue and yellow macaw, and a small black head. With no definitive description of what materials should be used for the wing, I liken it to a cadenza in a classical music concerto that allows a soloist to use his or her imagination to fill in the blanks while performing that passage
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A favorite trout spinning rod of mine is a two-piece, 6-foot, 6-inch G.Loomis GL2 Trout & Panfish Spinning Rod with a 4- to 8-pound-test fishing line rating and handling 1/16- to 5/16-ounce lures
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Working on the spring with some forceps and needle pliers to get all the coils back in line was the key